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- 801: The Scarlet Letter - Punishment and Death
- The Scarlet Letter - Punishment and Death Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter deals with many themes, among those including punishment and death. Utilizing the theme of punishment, the central character, Hester Prynne, was forced to wear an embroidered scarlet letter on "her bosom" for the rest of her life as a sign of her sin of adultery ...
- 802: Remember Me: Review
- ... the development of main character Shari Cooper from a naive teenager in book 1 to a mature yet materialistic 21 year old who forgets her purpose on earth. The Remember Me trilogy begins with the death of 18 year old Shari Cooper who stays on earth as a ghost to help solve her death. In book 2, she returns in the body of Jean Rodrigues and eventually remembers her life as Shari Cooper and the lessons she learned in the afterlife about the purpose of life, and being the ... and selfish about her success. Pike does a skillful job of contrasting and developing her character in each of the novels. The reader can easily observe Shari as her character changes and matures after her death and afterlife experience. In book 1, Remember Me, Shari Cooper is an 18-year-old teenager on the verge of high school graduation. The reader meets a carefree girl who lives for the moment. ...
- 803: Death of A Salesman: Summary
- Death of A Salesman: Summary Willy Loman has been a traveling salesman for the Wagner for thirty-four years. Willy tends to think of him self as vital to the New England territory. Willy has just ... is loved when Biff sees all of the hundreds of people that show up to his funeral. Ben leaves and Willy follows him out the door. Willy gets in his car and drives to his death because with twenty thousand dollars, Biff could such a magnificent person. At the grave site we see that Willy died a forgotten man because only Biff, Hap, Linda, Charlie and Bernard are present.
- 804: Death of a Salesman: Willy's Suicide Is His Downfall
- Death of a Salesman: Willy's Suicide Is His Downfall In the drama Death of a Salesman by First of all, Willy has false values. He raised his children with the idea that popularity and being well liked is what makes one a success and righteous person. Willy says ...
- 805: Black Death (the Plague)
- ... such as many new inventions and art and literate was at a peak. With these very important improvements of the late middle ages there was a problem that nothing could be compared to, the black death. During this time period the Black Death was a major factor in Europe from when it swept threw from 1300 to 1450. Many people said it was the end of the world because of the plague s effects on the European people ...
- 806: Death of a Salesman: The Control of Linda
- Death of a Salesman: The Control of Linda In the play, Death of a Salesman, Linda Loman is the character that is at fault for the downfall of her two son’s, Happy and Biff, and her husband Willy. Linda is a controlling mother figure who doesn ...
- 807: An Analysis of Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five"
- ... asked by survivors of war. Vonnegut was tormented by this question and through Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist in Slaughterhouse Five, he attempts to reconcile the guilt which one feels when one is randomly saved from death, while one's friends and loved ones perish. Billy Pilgrim's own life was spared, but was never able to live with himself knowing that so many others had died. The feelings of guilt which emerged from his having survived the bombing of Dresden and from Billy's fortunate escape from death under the shelter of the fifth Slaughterhouse haunted Billy through much of his life. Billy Pilgrim did not consider his survival a blessing, but a curse. A curse to be forced to live on with ... as an example of the atrocities and in-humane acts which tran spire under the auspices of War. That is why Billy Pilgrim invents a world where a justification can be given, where life and death are meaningless and feelings of guilt disappear. The only way Billy Pilgrim can confront this guilt is to excuse his survival and trivialize the gift of life and the cruelty of death. He creates ...
- 808: Death Of a Salesman
- Death Of a Salesman Advancements in science throughout this century have led to tremendous advancements in industry. Advancements in industry, however, have not always led to advancements in living. For some, society has created mass wealth ... big business lacked compassion. It is because of this that he is abandoned by Biff and disowned by Happy, left babbling in a toilet. It is this flaw which allowed him to die a slow death and played the greatest role in his eventual downfall. The third largest flaw in society (particularly American society) is the lack of a social safety net. A net which identifies people in trouble and seeks ...
- 809: Hamlet: Revenge: Once An Honor, Now A Crime
- ... revenge on their parents for sexually abusing them, are not regarded as heroes, nor are they considered honorable. They are shunned by the world and are readily awaiting either a life sentence without parole, or death by lethal injection. Both the Menendez brothers and Hamlet were painfully wronged and felt the need to seek revenge. It is possible that like Hamlet, the Menendez brothers will lose their lives as a result ... is a major theme. Claudius, (Hamlet’s uncle) maliciously poisoned Hamlet I in order to claim the throne of Denmark. Hamlet is left devastated and deeply depressed as a result of his father’s sudden death, and is embittered by his mother’s swift remarriage to Claudius. One night the ghost of Hamlet I appears and reveals to Hamlet the truth about his uncle and the truth about his death. The ghost says to Hamlet, “So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear,’ After explaining the heinous deeds of his brother, the ghost continues on and advises Hamlet “... howsoever thou pursuest this act, / ...
- 810: Death of a Salesman: Linda
- Death of a Salesman: Linda In the play Death of a Salesman, a character that doesn’t stand out very much in the play actually has much to offer to the plot - Linda. Linda attempted to perform a good job as a wife and ...
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